Savage Serenade from Earl Carroll's Murder at the Vanities, a Dramatic Mystery Comedy by Carroll and Rufus King. [sheet music]
by Words and Music by Herman Hupfeld (1894-1951)
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New York: Harms Incorporated, (1933). [7]pp. Sheet Music. 12 x 9 inches. Illustrated cover signed in print "jorj." Very Good.
Sheet music for the song "Savage Serenade," about a Caribbean island celebration, a musical number featured in the 1933 Broadway musical / murder mystery, Murder at the Vanities, produced by Earl Carroll. The song's lyrics suggest a island drumbeat: "Hear that savage serenade Down there in the Everglade. Just a Bom de de bom bo de de Bom de de bom bo de de Bom bo de de bom bo de de Bom." A musical film of the Broadway show was released in 1934 and included a performance by Black composer and band leader, Duke Ellington, who contributed the song "Ebony Rhapsody" to the film. The lyrics and music of "Savage Serenade" are by Herman Hupfeld, best-known for his song featured in the 1942 film Casablanca, "As Time Goes By."
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- Ian Brabner, Rare Americana (ABAA) (US)
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- Title
- Savage Serenade from Earl Carroll's Murder at the Vanities, a Dramatic Mystery Comedy by Carroll and Rufus King. [sheet music]
- Author
- Words and Music by Herman Hupfeld (1894-1951)
- Book Condition
- Used
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